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right now this former florida governor is stomping for mitt romney. >> florida has been a battle ground state now for so long that both sides are really good at. it i think our side, this year, has the intensity on our side. the number of early votes on the democratic side relative to four years ago where they had an incredible army of support is down 70% and our numbers are up a bit. so i'm pretty optimistic that in florida at least governor romney will win. >> in a bakery just off the interstate, jeb bush is trying to make that happen. for the romney campaign, crucial demographic groups are elderly voters and white men. polls suggest those groups have been shifting to romney. take alex here who voted for obama last time. >> i tend to find more with romney's moderate republican beliefs than i do with obama's beliefs. particularly with regard to the economy. >> if the democrats are losing white voters, they must get more hispanic, female and younger voters on their side. this little bakery turns out to be a crosssection of the entire race. so who will the staff vote for? >> obama. >> i'
right now this former florida governor is stomping for mitt romney. >> florida has been a battle ground state now for so long that both sides are really good at. it i think our side, this year, has the intensity on our side. the number of early votes on the democratic side relative to four years ago where they had an incredible army of support is down 70% and our numbers are up a bit. so i'm pretty optimistic that in florida at least governor romney will win. >> in a bakery just off...
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popular vote across the country has proved very tight, standing at the moment, without the result from florida, 50.2% of the american people supported barack obama, 48.3% for his challenger, mitt romney. we will bring in more electoral votes once the results come through. if we look at the u.s. congress, meanwhile, republicans maintained control of the lower house, democrats have kept their majority in the upper house. this is how those electoral votes stack up, state-by-state. mitt romney, 206 electoral votes, president obama, 303. compared to the last election, president obama 1365 electoral votes, john mccain won on hundred 73. back then, we should say that he won n.c. and indiana, but those states went to mitt romney this time around. let's get the full story of the night from our washington correspondent. >> the first family, stepping out to a second term. to the strains of signed, sealed, committed. looking forward to the inspiration from the voters. >> you, the american people, reminded us that while our road has been hard, while our journey has been long, we have to pick ourselves up,
popular vote across the country has proved very tight, standing at the moment, without the result from florida, 50.2% of the american people supported barack obama, 48.3% for his challenger, mitt romney. we will bring in more electoral votes once the results come through. if we look at the u.s. congress, meanwhile, republicans maintained control of the lower house, democrats have kept their majority in the upper house. this is how those electoral votes stack up, state-by-state. mitt romney, 206...
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how about florida? >> i don't think so. as we talked about a couple weeks ago, both florida, north carolina and, as well, virginia, are still stuck in that ballot test number of under 48. florida and virginia are 47.8. the same place they have been for six weeks. they haven't grown. that ballot test number hasn't grown and obama has gone from leading 48-40 to now tied at 48. he hasn't grown at all. he's below 48 in some states and in north carolina in 46th. >> the momentum there is romney. florida, north carolina and virginia. >> i i believe so. >> just north of you, new hampshire. >> new hampshire a lot trickier. in our last new hampshire poll we had it tied at 47-47. the libertarian johnson candidate is a major player. he's a hidden weapon for barack obama, ironically, as a libertarian on the ballot. if people rotate against johnson and if the undecides break against the incumbent, i believe new hampshire could also be in play. between ohio and new hampshire, those, in my view, in addition to colorado, are the states peop
how about florida? >> i don't think so. as we talked about a couple weeks ago, both florida, north carolina and, as well, virginia, are still stuck in that ballot test number of under 48. florida and virginia are 47.8. the same place they have been for six weeks. they haven't grown. that ballot test number hasn't grown and obama has gone from leading 48-40 to now tied at 48. he hasn't grown at all. he's below 48 in some states and in north carolina in 46th. >> the momentum there is...
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florida could be another long night. we have seen that before. >> we certainly -- it certainly might be. but we want to look at virginia. seeing the latest numbers from the associated press. virginia with 13 votes, romney, 52%, president barack obama with 48%. but, remember, a lot of government contractors, government workers living in the state of virginia. we will have to see how that plays out as well. >>> we have poll workers getting ready for the polls to close in 45 minutes. how are things looking there? >> not bad right now. but let me tell you as people have been coming in as the deadline approaches, clerks office staff have been telling me people have been bringing in sample ballots instead of their official ballots and making other mistakes coming here. one woman tried to cast a vote here. we are seeing more people come in as it gets close to the polls closing. i learned they are dealing with problems, a dozen scanners that were jamming and needed to be replaced. here at the clerk's office, election votes 50% o
florida could be another long night. we have seen that before. >> we certainly -- it certainly might be. but we want to look at virginia. seeing the latest numbers from the associated press. virginia with 13 votes, romney, 52%, president barack obama with 48%. but, remember, a lot of government contractors, government workers living in the state of virginia. we will have to see how that plays out as well. >>> we have poll workers getting ready for the polls to close in 45...
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florida is another one. that is a battleground state where of late mitt romney has been consistently going well. he has to do well. >> florida is another state. neil: and you have been busy campaigning. >> floridian more than viejo is a must win. neil: ohio. maybe pennsylvania. >> ohio is important, but if he can take florida and virginia, if romney can take florida and virginia and slips in ohio then colorado, maybe pennsylvania to make up for that. there are ways to do it, but virginia and florida are critical. neil: we always forget, mayor, that there are so many other races going on. thirty-three senate seats. republicans need a net gain of four senate seats. but if they have president romney, three. how likely is that? it will look like a gimme. not so much. neil: i see in early voting that murdoch's ahead. not by much, but still ahead. if murdoch wins, which people are wondering whether he can because of some of the controversial comments -- neil: he was the tea party backed candidate who toppled richa
florida is another one. that is a battleground state where of late mitt romney has been consistently going well. he has to do well. >> florida is another state. neil: and you have been busy campaigning. >> floridian more than viejo is a must win. neil: ohio. maybe pennsylvania. >> ohio is important, but if he can take florida and virginia, if romney can take florida and virginia and slips in ohio then colorado, maybe pennsylvania to make up for that. there are ways to do it,...
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i have a friend who was volunteering for obama in florida he said it's unbelievable he says very little activity on the romney side. even media are all reporting -- >> let me get -- i think that is clearly true. but let me give a little word of caution on that. look who republicans are. they are essentially middle and upper middle class white people who come out to the polls. look who our base is. typically people who need government most have worst turn out records by virtue of income and education. no matter what the election if they want to win. >> i want to consider -- they talk in terms -- we talked about this before the taping but they talk in terms of the ground game with democrats of this point, more offices, more personnel just having much -- >> like the -- >> republicans are spending their money on tv ads and democrats are spending on the ground game which democrats have decided this election is more important. i wonder if the republicans need as big a ground game because they have the churches. they have the pastors at the mega churches all over this country telling their par
i have a friend who was volunteering for obama in florida he said it's unbelievable he says very little activity on the romney side. even media are all reporting -- >> let me get -- i think that is clearly true. but let me give a little word of caution on that. look who republicans are. they are essentially middle and upper middle class white people who come out to the polls. look who our base is. typically people who need government most have worst turn out records by virtue of income...
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we have not yet projected florida. ashleigh banfield is there. you were dealing with long lines yesterday. today there's a hold up. what's the hold up, ashleigh? >> well, soledad, it wouldn't be florida if there wasn't a hold up. you're right. and the hold up is the counting, unfortunately. what a strange notion. what do you do in florida when you wake up in the morning and you know that your state is the only state that hasn't made a decision and the rest of the country moved on without you? you order brunch on miami beach at the news cafe and you wait and wait and wait until south florida can count all those absentee ballots dumped on them last night, u.s. post delivering them and then opening every ballot, scan ining every ballot checking, verifying and counting. it's a lot of work. they worked all through the night. i've got to be honest with you. i talked to -- that would be a ferrari driving by. when a surprise. i talked to the county officials about 4:30 in the morning, 5:00 am. they've been up all night. some had worked 48 hours straight,
we have not yet projected florida. ashleigh banfield is there. you were dealing with long lines yesterday. today there's a hold up. what's the hold up, ashleigh? >> well, soledad, it wouldn't be florida if there wasn't a hold up. you're right. and the hold up is the counting, unfortunately. what a strange notion. what do you do in florida when you wake up in the morning and you know that your state is the only state that hasn't made a decision and the rest of the country moved on without...
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virginia ohio florida there was something admirable about those along the lines of the people's urge to vote but the year but this year one could see that the euphoria that was there four years ago when president obama was running for his first term it's not there anymore it's not that his supporters are not excited they are but it's more of a relief then euphoria so there is there is the excitement good is different from what he was four years ago there has been quite a bit of disappointment the economy is not recovering is fast as people would want it to the obama campaign's argument is that he inherited such a disaster that the process couldn't possibly go faster but again a lot of it has to do with very high expectations president president obama was seen as this savior of the nation but then when he got down to business it turned out that the republican congress was standing in the way of some of his robots to reforms and all the obstacles and the reality of the day sort of came to light just a few months ago the president's job approval rating was barely above forty percent is
virginia ohio florida there was something admirable about those along the lines of the people's urge to vote but the year but this year one could see that the euphoria that was there four years ago when president obama was running for his first term it's not there anymore it's not that his supporters are not excited they are but it's more of a relief then euphoria so there is there is the excitement good is different from what he was four years ago there has been quite a bit of disappointment...
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i think it's interesting that you bring that up because when we're talking about immigration florida is one of those states where it really doesn't matter obama's got kind of a tough hand that he's being dealt in florida personally i really just from the sense that i get on the ground talking to people here. it could still go either way the latest polls show forty eight percent in favor of obama forty eight percent still in favor of romney so at this point it could still be a toss up but you're asking specifically about immigration well immigration policy in florida is almost irrelevant seeing as how the largest hispanic communities in florida are cuban cuban immigrants and puerto rican zx that live in the united states and they're absolutely exempt these sort of immigration laws don't really matter to them so florida is one of those states where it's you know it's really tough to kind of get the hispanic vote when your only policy that you're running on as far as your campaign is immigration reform something that people here simply don't don't care about however obama throughout the
i think it's interesting that you bring that up because when we're talking about immigration florida is one of those states where it really doesn't matter obama's got kind of a tough hand that he's being dealt in florida personally i really just from the sense that i get on the ground talking to people here. it could still go either way the latest polls show forty eight percent in favor of obama forty eight percent still in favor of romney so at this point it could still be a toss up but you're...
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if we have florida. this florida senate, i apologize, bill nelson favored to win, this is close,y week say bill nelson would win, connie mack had been trying to get backseat his dad had, a lot said, he did not have the charm his dad had. bill nelson reelected. okay, that is what we have thus far. peter barnes is keeping track of how all of this is affecting earliy on the balance of power. peter, republicans need to pick up 4 seats, three if mitt romney were to win, how about thousand far. >> stay on senate, we called that race for bill nelson in florida. still early. in the evening, we have a lot of other senate races to call, polls have closed in several states but 33 senate seats up for grabs, including bill nelson, at this hour, democrats, now have 36 seats in their control. compared to 39 for republicans. neither party near close to getting the 51 seats to take control of the senate. we're watching a couple of races in new england in particular, possible changes here. these are critical battles betwe
if we have florida. this florida senate, i apologize, bill nelson favored to win, this is close,y week say bill nelson would win, connie mack had been trying to get backseat his dad had, a lot said, he did not have the charm his dad had. bill nelson reelected. okay, that is what we have thus far. peter barnes is keeping track of how all of this is affecting earliy on the balance of power. peter, republicans need to pick up 4 seats, three if mitt romney were to win, how about thousand far....
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if president obama wins florida, it moves the -- >> i could see florida being -- >> what i heard democrats talk about if they can hold ohio, hold wisconsin, paul ryan's home state, hold nevada, they could lose all other swing states, lose the congressional district in maine and come out with exactly 270 electoral votes. gwen: you add it up that way, john? >> that sounds very powerful. what i am struck by is there hasn't been any mystery about this. if you go further than a year ago, president obama's team was very straightforward. they expected it was going to be mitt romney. they were going to make him very unacceptable. the wealthy and out of touch background. they did that. they had a micro targeted micromessage strategy. they said what they were going to do. and stuck to that strategy seems to be with remarkable discipline. if it works, they look really, really smart. the difference between being really smart and really dumb -- [laughter] >> what's remarkable is that they broadcast that, right? >> and the romney campaign never -- or his allies never came up to say, boy, if they're goin
if president obama wins florida, it moves the -- >> i could see florida being -- >> what i heard democrats talk about if they can hold ohio, hold wisconsin, paul ryan's home state, hold nevada, they could lose all other swing states, lose the congressional district in maine and come out with exactly 270 electoral votes. gwen: you add it up that way, john? >> that sounds very powerful. what i am struck by is there hasn't been any mystery about this. if you go further than a...
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thunder for the florida area and keeping an eye on what might be a nor'easter on wednesday. concerned for this in new england, new york, new jersey. one scenario takes it out to sea and another has it coming up the coast. not is like -- not like sandy. they don't need anything additional on what has happened there. the polls open locally on tuesday and we're expecting to have mostly sun around with the temperature in the low 50s, brian. >> in an interview with shepherd smith, when we return. president obama: there's just no quit in america... and you're seeing that right now. over five million new jobs. exports up forty one percent. home values... rising. our auto industry... back. and our heroes are coming home. we're not there yet, but we've made real progress and the... last thing we should do is turn back now. here's my plan for the next four years: making education and training a national priority; building on our manufacturing boom; boosting american-made energy; reducing the deficits responsibly by cutting where... we can, and asking the wealthy to pay a little more.
thunder for the florida area and keeping an eye on what might be a nor'easter on wednesday. concerned for this in new england, new york, new jersey. one scenario takes it out to sea and another has it coming up the coast. not is like -- not like sandy. they don't need anything additional on what has happened there. the polls open locally on tuesday and we're expecting to have mostly sun around with the temperature in the low 50s, brian. >> in an interview with shepherd smith, when we...
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the state of florida, 90% of the time whoever wins florida goes on to win the white house. here's a break down of the demographics. 57% white voters in the state. hispanic voters, a large voting block. we have seen the senator out there trying to persuade these voters to go for his candidate mitt romney. we know immigration reform is important to latino community and also the economy. if you look in the state of florida, 8.7% unemployment right now, well above the national average. they have the second highest foreclosure rate. it will be interesting to see how these messages play out in both of these critical swing states in florida and ohio. >>> the social media world has been buzzing all day about the election and it's still picking up speed. we are keeping an eye on the trends. >> reporter: as you can imagine, i vote and election 2012 are among top trending hash tags. if you were brave enough to use them, there are a lot of people talking at once and it can be tough to sort through everything. 10million tweets related to the election. we've heard people talking about lo
the state of florida, 90% of the time whoever wins florida goes on to win the white house. here's a break down of the demographics. 57% white voters in the state. hispanic voters, a large voting block. we have seen the senator out there trying to persuade these voters to go for his candidate mitt romney. we know immigration reform is important to latino community and also the economy. if you look in the state of florida, 8.7% unemployment right now, well above the national average. they have...
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we're going to have an overtime election and you may have more florida-style recounts. chris: i don't know what to say about that. >> if knit romney wins the split within the republican party, the divisions, will come out into the open. there will be open warfare among republicans, conservatives, who have been zipping their mouths while moderate mitt has emerged. chris: yeah. >> and start to challenge him. immediately. >> wisconsin is becoming the financial and ideological heart of the republican party and the conservative movement. if romney loses, a lot of that money, bradley foundation, bigger than the colt brothers, spending more money. a lot of that money goes to ryan and ryan in 2016 will come in with ideological and financial support. chris: i don't think he's shown much in this campaign. >> moving ton 2014. the -- on to 2014. the democrats are desperate to beat mitch mcconnell in kentucky. they think they have a candidate to run against him. ashley judd. who's from kentucky and very active. that's my old beat. >> they want her. the money people in kentucky want
we're going to have an overtime election and you may have more florida-style recounts. chris: i don't know what to say about that. >> if knit romney wins the split within the republican party, the divisions, will come out into the open. there will be open warfare among republicans, conservatives, who have been zipping their mouths while moderate mitt has emerged. chris: yeah. >> and start to challenge him. immediately. >> wisconsin is becoming the financial and ideological...
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the candidate started this morning in florida. it is still just as close in this campaign. he was on to virginia for two stops, first and lynchburg and then on to fairfax. it had planned to come straight here to new hampshire for a rally, but then the campaign decided it was still too close to call in ohio so that they went on to columbus, ohio. he only had time for a quick airport hangar rally in a while before they had here to new hampshire. that added two more rallies tomorrow in ohio and in pittsburg. mitt romney is fighting for every last vote as he makes the final push for the presidential bid. rebecca cooper, abc 7 news. >> many people on the campaign trail have said when virginia and you win the election. both candidates have spent a lot of time in the commonwealth. romney just wrapped up an eventat university. >> he this was the last local event of the romney-writing campaign. -- of the romney-ryan campaign. with the finish line just hours away, the romney campaign this afternoon posted what it called a victory rally at george mason university. >> i think the quest
the candidate started this morning in florida. it is still just as close in this campaign. he was on to virginia for two stops, first and lynchburg and then on to fairfax. it had planned to come straight here to new hampshire for a rally, but then the campaign decided it was still too close to call in ohio so that they went on to columbus, ohio. he only had time for a quick airport hangar rally in a while before they had here to new hampshire. that added two more rallies tomorrow in ohio and in...
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nevada, a state which david axlerod said they would definitely win and a large latino vote in central florida, which is, when i was in the convention, tampa, the puerto ricans, not cuban americans, they want to draw the vote out. they know they're getting clobbered among white voters and this is about 36%. it's interesting that he's going to those states where there is heavy latino populations. they have to make sure that those people who are for obama come out and vote for him. >> fox 5 political analyst mark plotkin. we thank you as always. brian, campaign event cancelled last week by the omagh bama campaign is rescheduled for saturday in prince williams, virginia. >> you heard the race for the virginia u.s. senate seat has polls showing tim kaine holding a slim lead over republican challenger george allen, 50-46 and that lead is smaller than it was six weeks ago. today, cane joined anchor allison seymour to discuss the race as it entered the final stretch and this is a portion. >> reporter: with five days to go now, and it's been a year and a half at least. >> and that is 19 months. >> uh.
nevada, a state which david axlerod said they would definitely win and a large latino vote in central florida, which is, when i was in the convention, tampa, the puerto ricans, not cuban americans, they want to draw the vote out. they know they're getting clobbered among white voters and this is about 36%. it's interesting that he's going to those states where there is heavy latino populations. they have to make sure that those people who are for obama come out and vote for him. >> fox 5...
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. >> they were waiting on florida, ohio, virginia, the west coast to come in, this place erupted then. how do you feel? were you surprised? >> i feel like a winner. we won. >> these people headed over to the white house. was there ever any doubt? >> it is amazing. it gives us so much hope, the hope that we voted for four years ago. it's funny that i'm saying this, because i'm not even an american citizen, i can't vote. but i just really -- >> we were waiting on virginia, ohio and florida. >> ohio, that's all that matters. enough said. >> right. >> period. >> ever any doubt in your mind? >> never any doubt. no doubt, absolutely none. we finished what we started. >> you never believed that it was close? >> it might have been close, but we knew we would win. >> okay, i got you. i can't even hear you guys back there. [ cheers ] >> most of this crowd headed over to the white house, just like they did four years ago. they said there was never any doubt here. i don't know, there was some nervous moments coming in, but barack obama wins another term of the back to you guys. >> bruce johnson,
. >> they were waiting on florida, ohio, virginia, the west coast to come in, this place erupted then. how do you feel? were you surprised? >> i feel like a winner. we won. >> these people headed over to the white house. was there ever any doubt? >> it is amazing. it gives us so much hope, the hope that we voted for four years ago. it's funny that i'm saying this, because i'm not even an american citizen, i can't vote. but i just really -- >> we were waiting on...
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if president obama wins the state of florida, the race is over. but mitt romney is very, very much in that game. he needs to win florida, north carolina, and virginia and also win the state of ohio to get from where he is now, he's on track now to win 191 electoral votes. president obama is in line for 251. we're going to have to wait until more votes are counted before we know who gets there. >> >> your thoughts of where we stand and what this means for the economy. >> what you have is, of course, what we do know is that the republicans will hold on to the house of representatives. that the ve increase in the number of republicans committed to not raising taxes that swept into office in 2010, the obama people said oh, 57 of those republicans are in districts that obama carried and they will all be swept out with the tide in 2012. instead what happened was the country reiterated its commitment to a republican house, a house of representatives which as speaker boehner said, is committed to opposing all of obama's tax increase policies. so we have a
if president obama wins the state of florida, the race is over. but mitt romney is very, very much in that game. he needs to win florida, north carolina, and virginia and also win the state of ohio to get from where he is now, he's on track now to win 191 electoral votes. president obama is in line for 251. we're going to have to wait until more votes are counted before we know who gets there. >> >> your thoughts of where we stand and what this means for the economy. >> what...
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the florida democratic party has filed a request for a temporary restraining order against the florida secretary of state and three county election supervisors. they want an order saying it's okay to allow absentee voting to continue today because the lines in south florida were so incredibly long yesterday, which was supposed to be the last day of early voting. but here's the thing. democratic sources tell us that several counties, we don't know how many, including palm beach, hillsborough, orange, leon along with miami-dade and broward, already saying they're allowing absentee voting right now. so it looks like they're basically trying to get the court to go along with them in what looks like a work-around. the problem is the state legislature also revealed a number of early voting days and the secretary of state has already refused to extend them. so it could be a fight. >> oh, my goodness, this is two days before election day so it's already getting kind of hairy. thank you so much, joe johns. >>> we're expecting mitt romney to speak in cleveland any minute now. i'll bring that to
the florida democratic party has filed a request for a temporary restraining order against the florida secretary of state and three county election supervisors. they want an order saying it's okay to allow absentee voting to continue today because the lines in south florida were so incredibly long yesterday, which was supposed to be the last day of early voting. but here's the thing. democratic sources tell us that several counties, we don't know how many, including palm beach, hillsborough,...
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. >> i think there's a sense that florida might be moving in romney's direction. structurally, that's always been the most problematic of the battleground states for obama. and if i were betting, i would bet romney carries florida. >> and we're hearing from the romney side that there's a bit of a head fake there. >> it may be. what a lot of strategists have told me is if you're going to make a play for a state, you need to do it at least three weeks before election day. so one week out, not even a full week, makes it tough. it might be too little too late for mitt romney where they are spending a lot of money at this last minute. but they've got a lot of money to spend. >> it's less a head fake than a hail mary ad. if they carpet bomb them with mitt romney and barack obama ads, negativity has been driven up in pennsylvania with bain ads. he's actually more popular in pennsylvania than he is in ohio and some of these other states that have been suggested in the obama ads. so it's a bit of a sneak attack. pennsylvania hasn't conrepublican in ten years. and pennsylva
. >> i think there's a sense that florida might be moving in romney's direction. structurally, that's always been the most problematic of the battleground states for obama. and if i were betting, i would bet romney carries florida. >> and we're hearing from the romney side that there's a bit of a head fake there. >> it may be. what a lot of strategists have told me is if you're going to make a play for a state, you need to do it at least three weeks before election day. so one...
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. >> in florida, it was still a dead heat and election officials could be counting into the wee hour offense the morning. president obama watched the lks results in his home in chicago with his farmly -- family. governor mitt romney also watching the results behind closed doors with his family in boston. . >> it's question 5 here in maryland. this would allow congressal redistricting. the results show 37% of voters are against this. >> well, when it comes to race for the presidency, ohio is considered by most the most come pet tiff state -- competitive state. >> and joe is there as the vote tallies keep climbing but it's been close all night. >> all of the early ballots have been counted in this county. we're here at the board of elections in the city of clooeflgd and thus far the erltd voters look good for president obama. he has a significant lead over romney. both parties making surprise visits here in the city of cleveland, have been biden greeted at the airport earlier today and then made his way to the landmark restaurant which is act important restaurant here where he had lunc
. >> in florida, it was still a dead heat and election officials could be counting into the wee hour offense the morning. president obama watched the lks results in his home in chicago with his farmly -- family. governor mitt romney also watching the results behind closed doors with his family in boston. . >> it's question 5 here in maryland. this would allow congressal redistricting. the results show 37% of voters are against this. >> well, when it comes to race for the...
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in florida, that is what is going on. michael brown, what do you think? to i think it is a tough path for mitt romney to find 270 electoral votes. i think the league will be sustained in north carolina, but he is behind the popular vote as it's coming in florida. i think there's some possibility of him leaving there. they have to be carrying these three states. in addition come they have to carry colorado and the six electoral votes of iowa and nevada. the casino workers union out of nevada has quite a record of reelecting him popular harry reid to the senate. in the last days of law, they caught up. but i think that is also the possibility of mitt romney. neil: to look for that is an area that the president has one. does that make ohio out of reach? [talking over each other] >> mitt romney's hopes are that his party's losses over the years i'm a demographically and hamilton can be made up by the other county fair. that is possibly within reach. it might be a stretch for mitt romney. neil: you are scary smart. he realized that? scary smart. >> is trying t
in florida, that is what is going on. michael brown, what do you think? to i think it is a tough path for mitt romney to find 270 electoral votes. i think the league will be sustained in north carolina, but he is behind the popular vote as it's coming in florida. i think there's some possibility of him leaving there. they have to be carrying these three states. in addition come they have to carry colorado and the six electoral votes of iowa and nevada. the casino workers union out of nevada has...
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a lot of people are talking about ohio, pennsylvania, florida. the democrats still saying it could not go romney's way, all these things could be pivotal to how the election washes up. where will you be focused tomorrow night? >> look, mitt romney has -- obama has a lot of paths to victory. romney has very few. they will be states like virginia, florida. if obama wins those states, pretty much over. romney needs to run the table and do well in ohio and pennsylvania. those are must-wins for him. >> charles, when you look at both campaigns from start to finish, what do you think has run the better campaign? >> i think that this campaign has been what most campaigns are, a series of ups and downs for both sides, and so there have been some performance issues and the first debate was a performance issue for barack obama. what mitt romney has not been able to do has been to get enough momentum to ever get himself over a hump and get shooting himself in the foot either by things coming out he didn't time or saying things in realtime that did him real d
a lot of people are talking about ohio, pennsylvania, florida. the democrats still saying it could not go romney's way, all these things could be pivotal to how the election washes up. where will you be focused tomorrow night? >> look, mitt romney has -- obama has a lot of paths to victory. romney has very few. they will be states like virginia, florida. if obama wins those states, pretty much over. romney needs to run the table and do well in ohio and pennsylvania. those are must-wins...
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laura is in miami, florida. florida is again some of the center of the more controversial elements of this process. >> that is right. everyone remembers what happened here in 2000. an incident that declared an automatic recount, and eventually george bush was declared the winner by just 535 votes. one polling station called me this afternoon to say that due to the high turnout of the polling station he was at, they ran out of polling papers. can you imagine that? one thing is for sure, the campaign's -- if the campaign could get the alligators to vote, i'm sure they would. that would be an extra vote for their side. >> an outbreak of alligator voting. thanks in florida. this contest comes down to the electoral college numbers. jeremy breaks that number down for us. >> the outcome of the election is determined by electoral college votes. each state has a certain number and the winner in that state takes them all. he asked -- you have to try to get up to 270 total to win the u.s. presidential election. here are th
laura is in miami, florida. florida is again some of the center of the more controversial elements of this process. >> that is right. everyone remembers what happened here in 2000. an incident that declared an automatic recount, and eventually george bush was declared the winner by just 535 votes. one polling station called me this afternoon to say that due to the high turnout of the polling station he was at, they ran out of polling papers. can you imagine that? one thing is for sure,...
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florida may end up in a recount. ohio with the provisional ballots, and romney doing well in wisconsin, doing well in colorado. that might be enough if romney can win both florida and ohio, i think he can win the race, if he loses either one, i don't think there's a chance. >> i think that's right. those three were always the key states. >> the auto bailout, frankly, may have been the best money obama ever spent. i don't like the policy, brendan does, but it may be the difference in this election. >> it's good policy. >> i don't think i've ever heard you guys agree on two things back-to-back. >> george allen, you know there's some guys some candidates who had been governors and lawyers and come back. tommy thompson, wisconsin, bob allen, in each case, the voters rejected them. >> brian, back over to you. >> a lot of people aren't watching these election results alone. many are hanging out at the local bars or watering holes in their own neighborhood. public bar d.c. scott, what's the word there. >> reporter: a good c
florida may end up in a recount. ohio with the provisional ballots, and romney doing well in wisconsin, doing well in colorado. that might be enough if romney can win both florida and ohio, i think he can win the race, if he loses either one, i don't think there's a chance. >> i think that's right. those three were always the key states. >> the auto bailout, frankly, may have been the best money obama ever spent. i don't like the policy, brendan does, but it may be the difference in...
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district 18 in florida. this is also a race where there is no characterization. 50/50 west in florida district oprphy. look how fight that is. not just 50/50 but in terms of that raw vote. we're going to keep an eye on the house races, some of the ballot races and senate races atfold. keep in mind for the o representatives, projected early tonight that the house overall would continue to eans everything in the house in terms of power in the house. the speaker of the house will continue to be the republican john boehner.q?obviously the main stonues to be the presidential election. nbc news projects that president obamelection that he will be a second term 44 united states. that call coming upon president obama being projected to win the state of ohio. all of the networks, for what it's worth, president obama. but the romney campaign is refusing to concede in ohio. and they are refusing to concede overall. races nd in virginia. colorado is the most recent state to be called nbc news, been called for president
district 18 in florida. this is also a race where there is no characterization. 50/50 west in florida district oprphy. look how fight that is. not just 50/50 but in terms of that raw vote. we're going to keep an eye on the house races, some of the ballot races and senate races atfold. keep in mind for the o representatives, projected early tonight that the house overall would continue to eans everything in the house in terms of power in the house. the speaker of the house will continue to be...
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we are still waiting on results from florida. too close to call. twenty-nine electoral votes in iowa in the picture. just six electoral votes, but this would bring governor romney to the 79 swing states electoral votes that he needs. so if you were to take these buy battleground state, he could certainly be on his way to the white house. one other thing i want to show you as i look at the results in the map right now, looking at ohio itself. i did just look as i entered into the results map here. something that i wanted to point out was that the two counties that we have been watching in the state of ohio, getting this working again, franklin and hamilton. they both have turned blue, which means the results are in from those individual counties. columbus with ohio state, obama has taken that county, and then there was also hamilton county pommel which is the cincinnati area. very high poverty rates. they were hoping that mitt romney would pull that off, the president obama has taken hamilton county. he won that last year. giving him a huge boost in
we are still waiting on results from florida. too close to call. twenty-nine electoral votes in iowa in the picture. just six electoral votes, but this would bring governor romney to the 79 swing states electoral votes that he needs. so if you were to take these buy battleground state, he could certainly be on his way to the white house. one other thing i want to show you as i look at the results in the map right now, looking at ohio itself. i did just look as i entered into the results map...
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projections there and although it was a very close race in some of the swing states like ohio for example florida and we're waiting for a more. solid numbers to come in but if you words about how people voted that there were long lines of very long queues at polling stations especially in swing states there was something admirable about those long lines in the peoples' urge to vote with this year one could see that the euphoria that was there four years ago when president obama was running for his first term was not quite there anymore it's not that his supporters were not excited they are they were but it's more of a relief than euphoria so there's the excitement but it's different from what it was four years ago that there has been quite a bit of disappointment the economy is not recovering this fast as people would want it to to the obama campaign's argument is that he inherited such a disaster in terms of the economy that the process couldn't possibly go faster but again a lot of it has to do with very high expectations for president obama when he took office but when he got down to down to b
projections there and although it was a very close race in some of the swing states like ohio for example florida and we're waiting for a more. solid numbers to come in but if you words about how people voted that there were long lines of very long queues at polling stations especially in swing states there was something admirable about those long lines in the peoples' urge to vote with this year one could see that the euphoria that was there four years ago when president obama was running for...
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allen west in florida is trailing narrowly by about a thousand votes with just a couple percent not yet counted and michele bachmann is up by a margin like that, just a bare narrow lead in a very tight race in minnesota. so we're keeping an eye on that and if both of them were not in the house, i wonder whether that would change the tone of the entire body. i'm not sure. >> and bachmann's seat was redrawn to make it slightly more safe for republicans in redistricting. so that's interesting. we were surprised when we were looking at that, particularly given how much money and effort the republicans put into minnesota at the last minute at the presidential level. >> that's right. and right now it seems to be looking as if the democrats are going to gain somewhere between four and ten seats. >> ifill: some of the president's top staff are walking into the hall at mccormick place. i just saw jack lou, the president's chief of staff and jay carney, the president's press secretary. the entourage has arrived and they're ready to join the party. >> woodruff: as we watch this, can i just ask stu
allen west in florida is trailing narrowly by about a thousand votes with just a couple percent not yet counted and michele bachmann is up by a margin like that, just a bare narrow lead in a very tight race in minnesota. so we're keeping an eye on that and if both of them were not in the house, i wonder whether that would change the tone of the entire body. i'm not sure. >> and bachmann's seat was redrawn to make it slightly more safe for republicans in redistricting. so that's...